Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Woman who's lived 'like a recluse' after shielding enjoys her first day out in 14 MONTHS
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A woman who has spent the last year shielding after battling skin cancer was rewarded with her first day out in 14 months - after winning a pig-naming competition at a college in Rochdale.
A popular college for animal management students, Hopwood Hall College and University Centre in St Mary's Gate has an on-site farm with over 600 different animals including horses and pigs.
When one of the pigs recently gave birth to seven piglets, the college decided to hold a naming competition for the runt of the litter.
Pauline Elliott, 55, from Middleton, was chosen over hundreds of other suggestions to be given the honour of naming the piglet ‘Tiny’.
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